A History of the Peninsula War Vol. 3, by Charles Oman

SECTION XVII
From Talavera to Ocaña
Chapter		PAGE
I.	Introductory. The Central Junta. Wellesley and Wellington	1
II.	Events in Eastern Spain during the Summer and Autumn of 1809: the Siege of Gerona begins	9
III.	The Fall of Gerona (Aug.–Dec. 1809)	37
IV.	The Autumn Campaign of 1809: Tamames, Ocaña, and Alba de Tormes	67
SECTION XVIII
The Conquest of Andalusia
I.	The Consequences of Ocaña (Dec. 1809–Jan. 1810)	103
II.	The Conquest of Andalusia: King Joseph and his plans	114
III.	Andalusia overrun: Cadiz preserved (Jan.–Feb. 1810)	128
SECTION XIX
The Portuguese Campaign of 1810
I.	The Military Geography of Portugal	153
II.	Wellington’s Preparations for Defence	167
III.	The French Preparations: Masséna’s Army of Portugal	197
IV.	The Months of Waiting: Siege of Astorga (March–May 1810)	212
V.	The Months of Waiting: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (May–July 1810)	231
VI.	The Combat of the Coa: Siege of Almeida (July–Aug. 1810)	257
	Note on Almeida and the Bridge of the Coa	280
SECTION XX
Operations in the East and South of Spain during the Spring and Summer of 1810
I.	Suchet and Augereau in Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia, March–July 1810	282
II.	Operations in the South of Spain during the Spring and Summer of 1810 (March–Oct. 1810)	315
SECTION XXI
Bussaco and Torres Vedras (Sept.–Dec. 1810)
I.	Masséna’s Advance to Bussaco (Sept. 1810)	341
	Note on the Situation upon September 25	357-8
II.	The Battle of Bussaco (Sept. 27, 1810)	359
	Note on the Topography of Bussaco	386-8
	Note on the Crisis of the Battle of Bussaco	388-9
III.	Wellington’s Retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras (Oct. 1810)	390
IV.	The Lines of Torres Vedras	419
V.	Masséna before the Lines: his retreat to Santarem (Oct.–Nov. 1810)	437
SECTION XXII
The End of the Year 1810
I.	Operations in the North and East of Spain (July–Dec. 1810)	482
II.	King Joseph, and the Cortes at Cadiz: General Summary	505
APPENDICES
I.	The Spanish Forces at the Siege of Gerona	524
II.	The French Forces at the Siege of Gerona	525
III.	Del Parque’s Army in the Tamames–Alba de Tormes Campaign	526
IV.	Losses of the French at Tamames (Oct. 18, 1809)	528
V.	The Partition of the Army of Estremadura in September 1809	528
VI.	Areizaga’s Army in the Ocaña Campaign	530
VII.	The French Army of Spain in January 1810	532
VIII.	Muster-roll of Masséna’s Army of Portugal on September 15, 1810, January 1 and March 15, 1811	540
IX.	British Losses at the Combat of the Coa	544
X.	Wellington’s Army in the Campaign of Bussaco	544
XI.	Masséna’s Orders for the Battle of Bussaco	549
XII.	British and Portuguese Losses at Bussaco	550
XIII.	French Losses at Bussaco	552
XIV.	The Anglo-Portuguese Army in the Lines of Torres Vedras	554
XV.	The British and Portuguese Artillery in the Campaign of 1810	558
INDEX		561

MAPS AND PLANS
PAGE
I.	Siege of Gerona	To face	48
II.	Battle of Tamames	”	78
III.	Battle of Ocaña	”	94
IV.	General Map of Andalusia	”	128
V.	Topography of Cadiz	”	148
VI.	Central Portugal	”	160
VII.	Plan of Astorga	”	224
VIII.	Plan of Ciudad Rodrigo	”	240
IX.	Plan of Almeida and the Combat of the Coa	”	272
X.	General Map of Catalonia	”	288
XI.	The Mondego Valley	”	352
XII.	General Plan of Bussaco	”	368
XIII.	Details of Ney’s and Reynier’s Attack at Bussaco	”	380
XIV.	The Lines of Torres Vedras	”	432

ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Portrait of Wellington	Frontispiece
Spanish Infantry: Uniforms of 1808	To face	112
Portrait of Masséna	”	208
Spanish Infantry: Uniforms of 1810	”	320
Coins current in the Peninsula 1808–14	”	496

NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS

I. Spanish Infantry 1808

This shows the old uniform of Charles IV. The Line regiments had white, the Foreign and Light regiments blue, coats. Both wore white breeches and black gaiters: the plume and facings varied in colour for each regiment.

II. Spanish Infantry 1810

Under the influence of the immense quantity of British materials supplied, the uniform has completely changed since 1808. The cut is assimilated to that of the British army—the narrow-topped shako, and long trousers have been introduced. The coat is dark-blue, the trousers grey-blue, the facings red. Grenadiers have the grenade, light-companies the bugle-horn on their shakos.

ERRATA

Page 264, line 13, for 318 read 333

Page 277, line 20, for 1811 read 1810

Page 335. Lord Blayney’s force had only a half-battalion, not a whole battalion of the 89th, but contained 4 companies of foreign chasseurs, not mentioned in the text. [See his Memoirs, i. pp. 5-6.]

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